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this is president bashar assad's forces shelled the city of aleppo. in the past 24 hours, two syrian aircraft shut down by rebels a helicopter and a jet. back with the panel. charles? >> the reason the administration is now going to change the policy, has to because the ground is shifting in the war. up until now the rebels taken lan but couldn't hold it the ground now is turkey and aleppo. every time they go to damascus and seized for example military bases, they are only able to hold it for a day or two because of air power. what just happened is that there is a huge strategic shift. the rebels now have shoulder-held missiles that can bring down a helicopter. and a plane. when that happened in the afghan war against the soviets, the soviets lost. that was a great strategic change. once the russians lost control of the air, the war was essentially over. that is happening right now. because of that, i think the feeling is what has bob a back and forth, tailmate, looks as if the advantage for rebels there is no reason it should not. result is fault of
this is president bashar assad's forces shelled the city of aleppo. in the past 24 hours, two syrian aircraft shut down by rebels a helicopter and a jet. back with the panel. charles? >> the reason the administration is now going to change the policy, has to because the ground is shifting in the war. up until now the rebels taken lan but couldn't hold it the ground now is turkey and aleppo. every time they go to damascus and seized for example military bases, they are only able to hold it...
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that's because while assad is still in control in the capital, rebels are moving closer. now, just outside in the suburbs. our bbc colleague jeremy bowen saw it first hand, in a neighborhood where assad's forces have tried to stop the rebel advance, pounding the buildings and homes with air strikes and artillery. the battle is bloody. at the regime's military hospital, there are said to be 40 wounded, treated a day. while the rebels, like this fighter who lost both feet, received treatment from a dentist. their hospital, bombed. >> the rebels have shown that they have the stomach for a fight. they've shown that they can endure pain. and they have the conviction that if they don't fight on, they'll be killed. >> reporter: bowen met some 200 of their recruits, training at an army base they said they captured. >> what do you think will happen to assad? >> killed. must be killed. >> reporter: but who exactly are these rebels? the fighter says his group is not affiliated with al qaeda. but we know other rebels are including a wing of al qaeda that has attacked u.s. soldiers in
that's because while assad is still in control in the capital, rebels are moving closer. now, just outside in the suburbs. our bbc colleague jeremy bowen saw it first hand, in a neighborhood where assad's forces have tried to stop the rebel advance, pounding the buildings and homes with air strikes and artillery. the battle is bloody. at the regime's military hospital, there are said to be 40 wounded, treated a day. while the rebels, like this fighter who lost both feet, received treatment from...
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they publicly denied that assad would use weapons on his own people. raising the question with his departure has the assad policy changed? bret? >> connor powell in the middle east newsroom. thanks. more on this with the panel. now a standoff of a different type. back at home. the fiscal kind. house republicans leaders calling this a bold counteroffer. that presents a fair, middle ground. the white house is saying it has nothing new with no details. it is a republican compromise solution to the impending fiscal cliff. spending cut and tax increases that both sides mean would mean recession. after what both sides called a frustrating weekend. today's development don't appear to break a log jam. not yet. ed henry begins our coverage. >> reporter: good evening. they are saying the plan is ridiculous, so much so they will not offer counterproposal to the g.o.p. counterproposal and say tonight unless speaker boehner gives in on raising taxes on the rich, the president is ready to go off the cliff. >> right now i'd say we are nowhere, period. nowhere. >> joh
they publicly denied that assad would use weapons on his own people. raising the question with his departure has the assad policy changed? bret? >> connor powell in the middle east newsroom. thanks. more on this with the panel. now a standoff of a different type. back at home. the fiscal kind. house republicans leaders calling this a bold counteroffer. that presents a fair, middle ground. the white house is saying it has nothing new with no details. it is a republican compromise solution...
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now 14,000 people have been massacred by bashar al assad. the united states of america's performance so far has been shameful and disgraceful. my question is to the secretary of state and the president of the united states is how many more have to die before we take action to help these people with other nations, and i don't mean american boots on the ground. >>> over the weekend syria test-fired several missiles in a new show of force. state media says the military exercises were intended to show the country's ability to, quote, defend syrian shores against any possible aggression. >>> in other news, congressman barney frank is now the first sitting member of congress to enter into a same-sex marriage. the massachusetts democrats married his long-time partner jim ready saturday evening at the boston marriott hotel. the wedding was attend bid more than 300 people with governor duval patrick officiating the ceremony. >>> hollywood icon ernest borgnine is being remembered today for his long list of memorable characters. the oscar-winning actor
now 14,000 people have been massacred by bashar al assad. the united states of america's performance so far has been shameful and disgraceful. my question is to the secretary of state and the president of the united states is how many more have to die before we take action to help these people with other nations, and i don't mean american boots on the ground. >>> over the weekend syria test-fired several missiles in a new show of force. state media says the military exercises were...
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watch as civilians are massacred at the hands of president assad's forces? we'll have the latest. >>> finally roger federer looking for his record-tieing seventh wimbledon title taking on british born andy murray. could a hometown crowd that included kate middleton push murray to victory against tennis's best player? t answer is no, but it's "way too early" for this. >>> morning, i'm mike barnicle in for willie geist. this is way too elderly, the show that plays better on clay than on grass. i'm glad you're watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot us an e-mail at msnbc.com or tweet us at willie glooet geist1 or do what pete sam prus does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this monday, july 9th. a lot goings-on including the death of a hollywood icon. we'll remember the career of oscar winning actor ernest borgnine, plus our continuing video series on the world's worst politicians. how an interview in jordan ended w
watch as civilians are massacred at the hands of president assad's forces? we'll have the latest. >>> finally roger federer looking for his record-tieing seventh wimbledon title taking on british born andy murray. could a hometown crowd that included kate middleton push murray to victory against tennis's best player? t answer is no, but it's "way too early" for this. >>> morning, i'm mike barnicle in for willie geist. this is way too elderly, the show that plays...
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credibility to this you think assad is on the way out? >> going on for nearly two years, and for two years, people said assad is on the way out. well, this could end soon. he could be on his way out, but don't expect the civil war to be ending. if there's a victory by the insurgents, there's the minority that assad represented. there's a risk of genocide. the serious story is far from over. connell: odds from him going out up here, but odds of it ending are pretty much what they are at. what's that mean for us that the united states gets involved, and what happens if the use of the weapons -- >> syria's an excellent case study of what happens if we don't get involved in a way we more or less ended libya to be contained. now there's hundreds of thousands of refugees in lebanon, turkey, and jordan. the jordan kingdom is unstable, long standing ally of the united states. there's a question of chemical weapons that may or may not be on the lose. today or the last couping days, they used scud missiles against their people. al-qaeda energized b
credibility to this you think assad is on the way out? >> going on for nearly two years, and for two years, people said assad is on the way out. well, this could end soon. he could be on his way out, but don't expect the civil war to be ending. if there's a victory by the insurgents, there's the minority that assad represented. there's a risk of genocide. the serious story is far from over. connell: odds from him going out up here, but odds of it ending are pretty much what they are at....
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>> i don't know why, anderson, but i think it's important to note that bashir al assad may interpret that as a green light for everything else. in other words, do everything up to but not including the use of chemical weapons. but at the same time, i do understand the concern about the use of nerve gas which is in their inventory, which depending on how heavily populated the area that they use it on, could result in unbelievable deaths that, you know, possibly in tens of thousands if they use the right kind of chemical weapon. so i can understand the administration's concern but maybe they don't realize that they are also sending a green light to bashir al assad that he can do anything short of that. >> what would it mean to try to stop chemical weapons from being used? >> i think it would have to be -- it would be very complicated. i don't think you could send enough american troops on the ground. i don't think that would be an option. you may have to try to take out the stocks from the air. we do know where a lot of them are. frankly, i don't -- i've had significant military backgr
>> i don't know why, anderson, but i think it's important to note that bashir al assad may interpret that as a green light for everything else. in other words, do everything up to but not including the use of chemical weapons. but at the same time, i do understand the concern about the use of nerve gas which is in their inventory, which depending on how heavily populated the area that they use it on, could result in unbelievable deaths that, you know, possibly in tens of thousands if they...
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could assad hang on for a few more months? >> it's very hard to say having said multiple insurgencies usually on the receiving end from vietnam to the middle east. it's hard to say--its easier to say when you have momentum. right now the resistence has momentum. how soon can that lead to the fall of sigh began saigon and that kind of thing. we're heading that way. the danger to avoid that, not only assad, but his adviser from the iranian force i've been on the receiving end of his actions in iraq, he's willing and capable of doing anything to preserve that regime. >> one last thing, even after the regime falls chemical weapons are not over. what you're afraid of is some of these extremist forces getting their hand on them, that will be a very difficult challenge for the united states. >> eliot: what leverage would we have after assumeing that assad falls, not only hope but we predict in the future, will we have the ability to deal with the insurgent forces. james jeffrey and joe cirincione thank you for joining me tonight. >>
could assad hang on for a few more months? >> it's very hard to say having said multiple insurgencies usually on the receiving end from vietnam to the middle east. it's hard to say--its easier to say when you have momentum. right now the resistence has momentum. how soon can that lead to the fall of sigh began saigon and that kind of thing. we're heading that way. the danger to avoid that, not only assad, but his adviser from the iranian force i've been on the receiving end of his actions...
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i think assad would be out of the way and then it would be who's next? and i don't think that is at all clear. >> martha, when you think about what a critical role syria plays, maybe strategically much more important for us then lib cania ever was. if he does fall and if the country splits up as some people suggested it may for a while, what does that do? does that give any advantage to iran? could he move in? does it give any advantage to the russians or us? >> everybody is probably trying to figure out exactly what would happen and who would have an advantage afterwards. and i don't think we know. i think it is unclear. certainly you heard russia this week sort of seeing the writing on the wall. maybe our great ally isn't going -- isn't going to stay maybe assad will fall. those were the strongest words we heard, which is another indication that might happen. >> martha, you talked about retribution and the fact all sides will destroy everything in their path. side gets cornered and there's talk about chemical weapons. is that in play, he could use chem
i think assad would be out of the way and then it would be who's next? and i don't think that is at all clear. >> martha, when you think about what a critical role syria plays, maybe strategically much more important for us then lib cania ever was. if he does fall and if the country splits up as some people suggested it may for a while, what does that do? does that give any advantage to iran? could he move in? does it give any advantage to the russians or us? >> everybody is...
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assure assad's chemical weapons. hundreds of u.s. and nato troops will soon be heading to the turkish border with syria to operate patriot missile defense batteries. this summer there was a task force in jordan after 150 u.s. special forces base north of the capital to work with the jordanians to secure an estimated 4 dozen chemical weapon sites. >> there will be consequences. if the assad regime make asterrable mistake by using the chemical weapons on their own people. >> syrian government says the leaked intelligence reports that seren gas has been mixed and loaded in canisters are a pretext for outside military intervention. some experts agree. >> this is a very imprecise weapon and it's likely that the winds might blow the gas in the city center. that is where assad's power is, is in damascus. >> the publicbe talk of a possible chemical weapons attack may be a means of pressuring assad. >> the united states wants to gain the high ground but jeff hyping. the -- overhyping. the more they make the threat real the mo
assure assad's chemical weapons. hundreds of u.s. and nato troops will soon be heading to the turkish border with syria to operate patriot missile defense batteries. this summer there was a task force in jordan after 150 u.s. special forces base north of the capital to work with the jordanians to secure an estimated 4 dozen chemical weapon sites. >> there will be consequences. if the assad regime make asterrable mistake by using the chemical weapons on their own people. >> syrian...
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it's a step up in the war of words, but assad isn't climbing down. military exercises this weekend his armed forces were defending syria from outside aggression. he found support yet again in iran, syria's closest ally. iran warned of the, quote, catastrophe, if there's no resolution to the crisis soon. assad said he is not afraid of meeting the same fate of the leaders of egypt and libya. who were ousted in disgrace. lester. >> martin fletcher, thank you. >>> back in this country a cyber threat is making a lot of people nervous tonight. the prospect of a nasty computer virus could cut off internet access to tens of thousands of people. we will get more of that story from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: for six months now a system run by the federal government has helped computers infected with a virus connect to the internet supporting those who had no idea their computers were affected. that fbi run system shuts down midnight sunday for some in the u.s. logging on monday could be a problem. odds are your computer will not be a
it's a step up in the war of words, but assad isn't climbing down. military exercises this weekend his armed forces were defending syria from outside aggression. he found support yet again in iran, syria's closest ally. iran warned of the, quote, catastrophe, if there's no resolution to the crisis soon. assad said he is not afraid of meeting the same fate of the leaders of egypt and libya. who were ousted in disgrace. lester. >> martin fletcher, thank you. >>> back in this...
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syria's president al assad remains defiant. he says it was not a conflict between him and the people, but rather a war of terrorism that is being fueled by western countries to destabilize syria. >> it's about terrorism and support coming from the group to support terrorists. this is our war. >> reporter: he made the comments in an interview with inrussian news channel, in which he also said he would live and die in syria and never leave. and in the capital, arab and western countries are trying to unite syria's opposition to bolster it. the hope is that a united cohesive opposition could be the transitional government, if president assad leaves power. nbc news, cairo. >>> fiscal battle here at home. today president obama and house speaker john boehner both laid out ideas to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. that would happen when automatic tax increases and spending cuts are due to hit in january. the president invited congressional leaders to the white house to talk about a bipartisan deficit plan to avoid that crisis. steve
syria's president al assad remains defiant. he says it was not a conflict between him and the people, but rather a war of terrorism that is being fueled by western countries to destabilize syria. >> it's about terrorism and support coming from the group to support terrorists. this is our war. >> reporter: he made the comments in an interview with inrussian news channel, in which he also said he would live and die in syria and never leave. and in the capital, arab and western...
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. >> what do you think will happen to assad? >> killed. >> michigan, the home of the united auto workers, now a right to work state. >> and they have been guarding the governor's office all day. >> the supreme court will tackle a marria -- gay marriage. >> it is about time. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> if we make it through december, everything will be all right. i would sing that for you, but i don't wish to offend merle haggard. feels like the coldest time of winter on capitol hill. >> there has not been any progress. >> the president and his alls have taken so many things off the table the only thing left is varnish. >> charles, are we going off the cliff? >> look, it is almost impossible to predict. the republicans are in such disarray that they may take on december 30. if they don't, we are, because the president feels so confident that the white house is so cocky after the victory and had election day and the upper hand. he has not offered much. in the absence of any movement on his
. >> what do you think will happen to assad? >> killed. >> michigan, the home of the united auto workers, now a right to work state. >> and they have been guarding the governor's office all day. >> the supreme court will tackle a marria -- gay marriage. >> it is about time. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> if we make it through december, everything will be all right. i would sing that for you, but i don't wish to...
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certainly was not one of the clique that surrounds bashir al assad. again, we have seen not only not a letup but an increase in iranian activity in syria which then, of course, contributes to their ability to continue the killing. >> we're talking with senator john mccain live on capitol hill tonight. quick quell about afghanistan. you were there earlier this year. >> uh-huh. >> you were critical of the administration putting in place these time lines, the timetable for the withdrawal of u.s. troops in afghanistan. what did you see? >> well, i see april a very nervous karzai. i see an individual who is trying to adjust top the united states and our allies' withdrawal and remain in power. we really are hoping and working very hard to get a strategic agreement between ourselves and afghanistan and karzai to maintain a presence of u.s. forces in afghanistan, which i think would be a very important signal that we are not abandoning afghanistan, but the corruption problem which continues to get significant coverage is still a very serious problem, and the
certainly was not one of the clique that surrounds bashir al assad. again, we have seen not only not a letup but an increase in iranian activity in syria which then, of course, contributes to their ability to continue the killing. >> we're talking with senator john mccain live on capitol hill tonight. quick quell about afghanistan. you were there earlier this year. >> uh-huh. >> you were critical of the administration putting in place these time lines, the timetable for the...
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it prompted the certain warning from the president. >> i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> jim miklaszewski joins us live. nato foreign leaders including secretary of state clinton are in brussels today expressing concerns of what we hear possibly out of syria. >> tamron, here's what triggered the concerns. the rebels are making significant gains on damascus itself, and there are fears within the obama administration that president assad may be on the verge of panicking because he looks like he's becoming desperate. over the past couple of days intelligence sources reported that somebody in the regime had told the chemical weapons corps to be prepared. at the same time there was a flurry of renewed activity at a number of the chemical wep sites in and around the damascus area indicating to u.s. officials that it appeared at least the syrians were
it prompted the certain warning from the president. >> i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> jim miklaszewski joins us live. nato foreign leaders including secretary of state clinton are in brussels today expressing concerns of what we hear...
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up until now russia focused on maintaining assad in power. looks like they may be open to the possibility much protecting their interests without protecting assad. sandra: let's spin this forward. here are words from the nato secretary-general rasmussen. ayeing quote, urging al-assad to initiate a process to accommodate the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people. reading that i'm not sure exactly what that would entail. how do you see it? >> i see that as nato hoping for something that simply will not happen. the assad family has been in power for quite some time in syria. they have no intentions of leaving peacefully the fact of the matter there may not be an easy out for the assad regime. there may be nowhere for them to fall back to or escape to. because of the country's demographicses because how interwoven warring ethnicities tribes, religions, are, no easy answer for assad to engage from this. while everyone wants a peaceful solution i just don't see that as a viable outcome at this point. in terms of nato they're pushing very hard
up until now russia focused on maintaining assad in power. looks like they may be open to the possibility much protecting their interests without protecting assad. sandra: let's spin this forward. here are words from the nato secretary-general rasmussen. ayeing quote, urging al-assad to initiate a process to accommodate the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people. reading that i'm not sure exactly what that would entail. how do you see it? >> i see that as nato hoping for something...
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whether assad would do that or whether he would say you know what? i can't hold onto my air fields anymore, i can't necessarily drive the insurgents out of some key territory they've established around damascus, but maybe with the sarin gas, maybe i can blanket the area and take back that particular tactical location. that may be the kind of thinking that they're working through in assad's inner circle. michael o'hanlon, thanks so very much. >> thank you, martin. >> we'll be right back. before cdw virtualized it. how? cdw and hp networking implemented a virtual application network that reduces the time to deploy cloud location. applications from months to minutes. with fewer bottlenecks like this. finally. charles! client golf. aim for the lake. really? a new way to save on your prescriptions. it's the aarp medicarerx saver plus plan from unitedhealthcare. with this plan, you can get copays as low as a dollar through a preferred network pharmacy like walgreens -- where you'll find 8,000 convenient locations. best of all, this plan has the lowest part
whether assad would do that or whether he would say you know what? i can't hold onto my air fields anymore, i can't necessarily drive the insurgents out of some key territory they've established around damascus, but maybe with the sarin gas, maybe i can blanket the area and take back that particular tactical location. that may be the kind of thinking that they're working through in assad's inner circle. michael o'hanlon, thanks so very much. >> thank you, martin. >> we'll be right...
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when assad goes, as he probably will, there are kurds up in the north there are sunnis who might want to join with the sunnies in iraq. and i think that we're comes to a very, very difficult period in the middle east, far more difficult than last couple of years because we're going to see whether these countries actually are countries. >> schieffer: and isn't one of the real problems here, michael, is when we talk about these chemical weapons, maybe not so much that assad might use those on his own people but somehow in this chaos, that al qaeda, some of these other people, might get control of one of these things. >> but this is one of the concerns. the critics of administration policy on this say we evaporate beewe haven't been active enough and all that's results would happen-- you would have destabilization of the secretion humanitarian problems. they have all happened. the fact that america wasn't more engaged earlier and actively in this process i think was probably a mistake. >> we can't assume that western powers like the united states any more in an age of twitter and faceboo
when assad goes, as he probably will, there are kurds up in the north there are sunnis who might want to join with the sunnies in iraq. and i think that we're comes to a very, very difficult period in the middle east, far more difficult than last couple of years because we're going to see whether these countries actually are countries. >> schieffer: and isn't one of the real problems here, michael, is when we talk about these chemical weapons, maybe not so much that assad might use those...
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. >> i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command. the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. and if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> president obama this week warned the president of syria, bashar al-assad not to use syria's chemical weapons against his own people. rebel syrians are waging an offensive against other syrians, largely assad's government forces. unnamed u.s. officials say that syria has even gone so far as to load the precursor ingredients of sarin, a deadly nerve gas, into the aerial bombs. whether this activity is to protect the chemicals from advancing rebel forces, or for assad to actually use them against rebel forces, is not clear. as secretary of state hillary clinton points out. >> our concerns are that an increasingly desperate assad regime might turn to chemical weapons or might lose control of them to one of the many groups that are now operating within syria. >> syria automatically
. >> i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command. the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. and if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> president obama this week warned the president of syria, bashar al-assad not to use syria's chemical weapons against his own people. rebel syrians are waging an offensive against other syrians,...
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they will t be slaughtered but when, if assad goes. we have to be clear to countries close to us like qatar and saudi arabia, they can't just see this cynically as a way of getting rid of a shia regime and imposing brutality of islamic fundamentalism. melissa: sounds like what you're saying it is not as simple as the u.n. going in there to get food to hungry people. that will not solve the problem because he will devoid whatever food come into the country? >> if indeed the u.n. were to pass a resolution, get people going in on the ground, with, let's call th peacekeepers, they wouldn't exactly be that, if he starts targeting them, then that becomes a further reason to take greater military action in order to get rid of this guy and get rid of his people. but you have to peel off a lot of the, the a la whites, a lot of people that have been running the country who are a minority but worrie about their own skins. you have to peel them away from the ruling class by indicating to them, showing to become victims in a post-civil war retribut
they will t be slaughtered but when, if assad goes. we have to be clear to countries close to us like qatar and saudi arabia, they can't just see this cynically as a way of getting rid of a shia regime and imposing brutality of islamic fundamentalism. melissa: sounds like what you're saying it is not as simple as the u.n. going in there to get food to hungry people. that will not solve the problem because he will devoid whatever food come into the country? >> if indeed the u.n. were to...
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they are pushing on to president bashar al assad's military bases surrounding his military bases. there's no hope here for a diplomatic solution. the rebels don't want one. they say the only solution they will accept is a military victory. >>> that amazes me the places that richard engel gets in, the stories he brings us. russia says they're going to remain in support of president assad despite doubt that arose last week after they met privately with secretary of state hillary clinton on the issue of chemical weapons. >>> and to the crisis and the mess in cairo. egypt's president more morsi is asking them to stay there. more syrians are refusing to cancel a rev 49er render. morsi did cancel the rally. it did little to bring calm to the streets of cairo. the washington post wrote about the muted response from the united states through all of this saying, quote, the administration's rejoineder is that this isn't about america. egyptians and other arabs are writing their history now, and they will have to live with the consequences. moreover, the last thing secular protesters need is
they are pushing on to president bashar al assad's military bases surrounding his military bases. there's no hope here for a diplomatic solution. the rebels don't want one. they say the only solution they will accept is a military victory. >>> that amazes me the places that richard engel gets in, the stories he brings us. russia says they're going to remain in support of president assad despite doubt that arose last week after they met privately with secretary of state hillary clinton...
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the question is will assad eventually bow under the pressure and voluntarily leave his country, or will
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the question is will assad eventually bow under the pressure and voluntarily leave his country, or will he become the next moammar gadhafi? >>> finally, nothing says summer like the home run derby as baseball's most gifted athletes desperately try to keep up with the leg krs of mcguire and sosa. the question is, why were kansas city fans relentlessly booing last year's champ robinson cano? well, it's "way too early" for this. > >>> this is indead "way too early." i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot us an e-mail or tweet us and let us know why you're awake right now. or you can do what chris berman does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. thank you very much. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, july 10th. there's a lot going on today, including the new bailout package for spain that could help calm the global markets, at least for the time being. we'll have a live report. >>> plus, north korean dictator kim jong-un puts on
the question is will assad eventually bow under the pressure and voluntarily leave his country, or will he become the next moammar gadhafi? >>> finally, nothing says summer like the home run derby as baseball's most gifted athletes desperately try to keep up with the leg krs of mcguire and sosa. the question is, why were kansas city fans relentlessly booing last year's champ robinson cano? well, it's "way too early" for this. > >>> this is indead "way too...
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this week president obama puts syrian leader bahsar al assad on notice about the use of chemical weapons. and now we know why. pentagon sources tell nbc news that syria is preparing chemical weapons for the possible use against the military people in the form of aerial bombs. jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: as the fighting grows more intense and syrian rebels close in on damascus, the syrian regime has turned increasingly desperate. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian military loaded the precursor chemicals for sarn nerve gas into aerial bombs. that could be dropped from dozens of syrian fighter bombers. this week u.s. intelligence detected a flurry of activity at chemical weapons sites like this one. while u.s. officials confirm the precursor chemicals are loaded, they must still be mixed together to create the deadly sarin gas. the development shook the world. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton issued strong warnings to syria's president assad that there would be serious consequences if he used chemical weapons. >> it's the point of no return. they're goi
this week president obama puts syrian leader bahsar al assad on notice about the use of chemical weapons. and now we know why. pentagon sources tell nbc news that syria is preparing chemical weapons for the possible use against the military people in the form of aerial bombs. jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: as the fighting grows more intense and syrian rebels close in on damascus, the syrian regime has turned increasingly desperate. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian military...
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will it be the remaining assad, pro-assad military? will be it the rebel and opposition groups? do they have the capability? and absolutely worse is the extremist elements. we've seen a growing presence of al qaeda and other extremist groups inside syria, including al qaeda from iraq. so there are many very frightening possibilities, which is why i think our barbara starr has been talking about the u.s. military has -- is relooking at their plans for securing the chemical weapon sites of which we understand there are in the neighborhood of four dozen. >> yeah, and, noah, how much do you think there is confidence that we know what really is going on, and how widespread this stuff is? because you're right. in the chaos of a cataclysm over there if it comes down the final battle, it seems to me we could have a very similar circumstance to what we had in iraq and afghanistan where we just don't know where things went. >> yeah, i think there's a fair degree of confidence right now about where this precursor mixing activity happens. but if things get really chaotic, i think all bets a
will it be the remaining assad, pro-assad military? will be it the rebel and opposition groups? do they have the capability? and absolutely worse is the extremist elements. we've seen a growing presence of al qaeda and other extremist groups inside syria, including al qaeda from iraq. so there are many very frightening possibilities, which is why i think our barbara starr has been talking about the u.s. military has -- is relooking at their plans for securing the chemical weapon sites of which...
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military preparations under way for a time when assad may fall and the u.s. military along with the rest of the world may have to get involved. >> keeping the peace or something like that anyway. busy days at the pentagon for you. thank you, sir. up next, the two most popular democrats in the country, neither one of them are named obama. they both share the same last name. they're both named clinton. hillary clinton now says that, quote, all doors are open after she steps down as secretary of state. that means that 2016 buzz won't go away any time soon. >> still to come, majority of the country now supports same-sex marriage. a look ahead at the president's schedule. kind of quiet today. if he does something public, might be a bad time in the fiscal talks. if he keeps it private, maybe we find out they're sneaking the speaker into the white house today. you're watching "the daily rundown "identify only on msnbc. ♪ ♪ obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building
military preparations under way for a time when assad may fall and the u.s. military along with the rest of the world may have to get involved. >> keeping the peace or something like that anyway. busy days at the pentagon for you. thank you, sir. up next, the two most popular democrats in the country, neither one of them are named obama. they both share the same last name. they're both named clinton. hillary clinton now says that, quote, all doors are open after she steps down as...
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more than 30,000 people dead so assad is all in. he's going to pay any price and the russians think if they continue to buy time, the rest of the world will lose interest. >> if assad leaves, one of the places he could gain exile would be russia. >> moscow says it's not on the table but it's the only place he could feel secure. the depositories are not an option. >> probably not. could russia say enough is enough, let's bring assad to russia and get it over once and for all? >> they could if they want but they would rather have him there, realizing his neck is on the line, so they can have a friend in future government. >> we talked about the base in the northern part of the country. the way i read it, the rebels are going in, getting a stronghold in the military base and if they, for some reason, choke off the supply routes into damascus, that would be a huge, huge big blow to the assad regime. >> it would. they're doing better not only militarily but politically getting their act together with external prodding and having more ide
more than 30,000 people dead so assad is all in. he's going to pay any price and the russians think if they continue to buy time, the rest of the world will lose interest. >> if assad leaves, one of the places he could gain exile would be russia. >> moscow says it's not on the table but it's the only place he could feel secure. the depositories are not an option. >> probably not. could russia say enough is enough, let's bring assad to russia and get it over once and for all?...
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but is the assad government on the run at all right now? >> reporter: well, there's no doubt by many assessments the abad government is fighting for survival and the ways to measure that. large parts of the country are in the hands of the rebels. not under the control but they feel more emboldened after yesterday's attack to move freely city to city and more importantly they have brought the fighting to the seat of assad's power in the capital damascus itself with running gun battles taking place in the heart of the city. there are reports that, in fact, they have also taken over the border control or border crossing point between iraq and syria. the president himself, whereabouts unknown. not spoken publicly after yesterday's attack. there are reports based on eyewitnesss and other activist reporters that he is in the coastal city of latakia. perhaps preparing for the military. >> with this u.n. vote today, we don't expect russia to lend their support. correct? >> reporter: that's correct. all indications are that russia will not support a
but is the assad government on the run at all right now? >> reporter: well, there's no doubt by many assessments the abad government is fighting for survival and the ways to measure that. large parts of the country are in the hands of the rebels. not under the control but they feel more emboldened after yesterday's attack to move freely city to city and more importantly they have brought the fighting to the seat of assad's power in the capital damascus itself with running gun battles...
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it calls on syrian president assad to leave power. russia as we're reporting opposed this language. regime change in syria. the secretary of state was speaking at a signing ceremony with the foreign minister of singapore today. she appealed to the security council meant to make their place known, asking the question, whose side are you on? here's part of the exchange as she took a question from reporters at the state department. >> thank you, madam secretary. firstly, could you tell us what you think about this recent report that details from taliban detainees cooperation between the taliban and pakistan? and then also realize that today the u.n. security council will be discussing the resolution on syria. yesterday the russian ambassador, after hearing your comment, said that the u.n. security council can't endorse the arab league plan in a resolution. if the russians will refuse to endorse the arab league plan as you're calling for, do they bear responsibility for the continued bloodshed there? thanks. >> well, first, with respect to the confidential document that you're referring
it calls on syrian president assad to leave power. russia as we're reporting opposed this language. regime change in syria. the secretary of state was speaking at a signing ceremony with the foreign minister of singapore today. she appealed to the security council meant to make their place known, asking the question, whose side are you on? here's part of the exchange as she took a question from reporters at the state department. >> thank you, madam secretary. firstly, could you tell us...
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we're here to tell you that if you try to upend assad, even if he is going to ethwe'll go out of business -- >> on his own accord. >> on his own, if you try to do that, you won't like the result, and we are reluktant to go do something that's not going to have a positive effect. we're listening to what putin said. he makes some sense for once. >> colonel jab jacobs. jack, as always, good to see you, sir. >> thanks for having me on the program. >> starting at midnight on saturday, gay and lesbian couple wills faebl be able to legally get married in this country. maine becoming one of nine states to legalize marriage equality when voters approved a ballot initiative in november, but the state by state legislation of same-sex unions may soon be turned upside down by the supreme court, which recently took up two cases that could have a profound effect on how the federal government recognizes those marriages. joining me now is alta, president of the american academy of matrimonial lawyers. marriage equality is a reality now for americans in nine states. also in the district of columbia. howeve
we're here to tell you that if you try to upend assad, even if he is going to ethwe'll go out of business -- >> on his own accord. >> on his own, if you try to do that, you won't like the result, and we are reluktant to go do something that's not going to have a positive effect. we're listening to what putin said. he makes some sense for once. >> colonel jab jacobs. jack, as always, good to see you, sir. >> thanks for having me on the program. >> starting at...
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continuing to back assad, and the list of suspicious dealings at hsbc is rising, one whistle lower tells us how he was silenced and fired for reporting what was criminal activity at hsbc, by the way $1.9 billion in finds, and nobody go going to jail, curious, huh? obama justice, we're coming right back. [ engine rev] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now through december 31st. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 e350 for $579 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone...but her likes 50% more cash. but i'm upping my game. do you want a candy cane? yes! do you want the puppy? s! do you want a tricycle? yes! do you want 50 percent more cash? no! ♪ festive. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on every purchase plus a 50% annual bonus on the cash you earn. it's the card for people who ke more cash. what's in your wallet? lou: the civil war in syria escalating. meanwhile,
continuing to back assad, and the list of suspicious dealings at hsbc is rising, one whistle lower tells us how he was silenced and fired for reporting what was criminal activity at hsbc, by the way $1.9 billion in finds, and nobody go going to jail, curious, huh? obama justice, we're coming right back. [ engine rev] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now through december 31st. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! [ male...
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the russian influence on assad is real but limited. there is another country which has more influence on assad and it is iran. the real dilemma for the russians would be if we say, okay, let's have this negotiation. let's have russia disabled but iran should be excluded. assad says, well, i am willing to be a part of the negotiations but not without iran. to accept the exclusion of iran would be a difficult concession for putin. my impression is that it is not quite there yet. >> woodruff: given that, again steve heydemann, how is the west looking at all this? >> it's happening very quickly. it's a matter of enormous concern. if the regime were to collapse in the absence of a political settlement, the potential for increased violence, the possibility that the opposition now is taking shape entirely is not yet ready to govern is seen as a very serious consideration in washington. however, the question of whether it would be possible for the u.s., for example, to accept a negotiated process in which assad himself were permitted to escape
the russian influence on assad is real but limited. there is another country which has more influence on assad and it is iran. the real dilemma for the russians would be if we say, okay, let's have this negotiation. let's have russia disabled but iran should be excluded. assad says, well, i am willing to be a part of the negotiations but not without iran. to accept the exclusion of iran would be a difficult concession for putin. my impression is that it is not quite there yet. >>...
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another sign that president assad's hold over geographic syria is tipping. >> warner: isn't assad believed to be restocking weapons and aircraft through the air? >> sure. and they're being resupplied. they have large stocks of weapons. they're being helped out by the iranians with the transformation of the that dia -- >> warner: that being the thugs --. >> alawite forces. the russians also are backing them in one way shape or form. who hasn't backed them is the united states and the west in terms of rebel forces and syrians, especially opposition, are quite angry about that. >> warner: if the internet service stays down, how much does that hamper the rebels' ability to operate? >> it dawes because they're unable to coordinate. you beal surprised what happens over mobile phones and through the internet and using smart phones. >> and texting. >> but they still have two-way radios and sat phones. but its it harder for them, not impossible. but it's a sign that -- the assad regime hasn't done this until now and it's a sign we're entering a new phase. >> warner: do you think the assad forces ne
another sign that president assad's hold over geographic syria is tipping. >> warner: isn't assad believed to be restocking weapons and aircraft through the air? >> sure. and they're being resupplied. they have large stocks of weapons. they're being helped out by the iranians with the transformation of the that dia -- >> warner: that being the thugs --. >> alawite forces. the russians also are backing them in one way shape or form. who hasn't backed them is the united...
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will file an extradition warrant with the court in sweden julian assad will be back in prison and that's an important point you know when he goes to sweden if and when he would have if he had gone to sweden they have no bail in sweden for pretrial he would have been put in prison right away then the u.s. would have filed its extradition during the songe would never get out of prison and would wind up in the united states and we can talk about what would happen to him here and he wouldn't have had any chance to apply for political asylum which my view is that as a as a persecuted person because of his political actions. which is to say revealing. really on his publisher's website hundreds of thousands of documents on the iraq war on the afghan war the collateral murder video and all the statement state department cables that he would have been he would have he he would have faced really incredible incredible repression in the united states which we can talk about well and let's talk about that but first the just the step from the embassy out of the u.k. china had a famous dissident a few
will file an extradition warrant with the court in sweden julian assad will be back in prison and that's an important point you know when he goes to sweden if and when he would have if he had gone to sweden they have no bail in sweden for pretrial he would have been put in prison right away then the u.s. would have filed its extradition during the songe would never get out of prison and would wind up in the united states and we can talk about what would happen to him here and he wouldn't have...
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can assad be stopped from using weapons of mass destruction. but first, a look ahead at the president's schedule today. he has no public events. no public events at all today. he's going to sign a bill but that is close to cameras but no jobs report event. i'm told that will start becoming a regular thing. you won't see the president every single friday jobs report. but we will see the vice president. all my daughter wants this year is everything barbie. have you seen our new barbie section? it's filled with all the new dolls that just arrived. ♪ it's a barbie wonderland! [ allen ] honey? here, ken. allen. ♪ [ gasps ] it's a barbie wonderland... hey, who's ken? [ male announcer ] get more barbie than ever before this holiday season. like the fashion design plates, color stylin' hair, and spa to fab barbie dolls that just arrived. all backed by our low price guarantee. from america's gift headquarters. walmart. >>> it is time for the united states and our allies to make it clear to assad that this is -- >> there will be drastic consequences
can assad be stopped from using weapons of mass destruction. but first, a look ahead at the president's schedule today. he has no public events. no public events at all today. he's going to sign a bill but that is close to cameras but no jobs report event. i'm told that will start becoming a regular thing. you won't see the president every single friday jobs report. but we will see the vice president. all my daughter wants this year is everything barbie. have you seen our new barbie section?...
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resolution strongly condemning human rights have alations by the syria government and calls for bashar al assad to step down. the vote was 137-12. 17 abstentions. and finally, a new record in new york city, an apartment there has sold for $88 million. that's according to the "wall street journal," 66% above the old record. the family of a russian billionaire bought the penthouse on central park west. the apartment features a wrap around terrace and then the general says now it's most expensive in new york. broker's commission was $3.5 million. back in a minute with more washington today. >> this friday on after words on c-span, ira shapiro discusses his latest book "the last great senate." he talks about the legislation passed by the u.s. senate in the 1960s and the 1970s. >> 1963, 1964 was an extraordinary moment of political consciousness in our country that all of a sudden the historic injustice of civil rights was going to be dealt with. but the senate was the last bastion of resistance that had to be overcome. and what mansfield did with hubert humphrey and everett dirkson and the other se
resolution strongly condemning human rights have alations by the syria government and calls for bashar al assad to step down. the vote was 137-12. 17 abstentions. and finally, a new record in new york city, an apartment there has sold for $88 million. that's according to the "wall street journal," 66% above the old record. the family of a russian billionaire bought the penthouse on central park west. the apartment features a wrap around terrace and then the general says now it's most...